CNET

Open-source Java--except for the exceptions

Sun releases Java's source code under the GPL--except for some third-party chunks and the compatibility test kit. Video: Gosling on Sun's JavaFX Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...
CNET

Sun reluctant to make Java open source

The company's top software executive calls IBM's proposal to make Java open source "weird" and says it would encourage incompatible standards. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...
ZDNet

IBM urges Sun to make Java open source

IBM has sent an open letter to Sun Microsystems, urging the company to make Java technology open source, CNET News.com learned late Wednesday. In a letter sent by Rod Smith, IBM's vice president of ...
ZDNet

Open source Java project wants code donations

Apache Harmony, a project which plans to create an open source implementation of Java, has called on the Java business community to donate software. Geir Magnusson, a board member at Apache Software ...
InfoWorld

After a decade, open source Java is still controversial

Ten years on, Java founder James Gosling sees upside in the open source move, while others believe Sun didn't go far enough Ten years later, the open-sourcing of Java remains a point of contention, ...